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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 5 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Exodus 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/4.htm" title="Exodus 4">◄</a> Exodus 5 <a href="../exodus/6.htm" title="Exodus 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/exodus/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Bricks Without Straw</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Pharaoh said, “Who is the <span class="name">Lord</span>, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the <span class="name">Lord</span> and I will not let Israel go.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the <span class="name">Lord</span> our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’ ” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the <span class="name">Lord</span>.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and they said, “May the <span class="name">Lord</span> look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">God Promises Deliverance</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Moses returned to the <span class="name">Lord</span> and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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